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Rocket League modders are making prop hunt, pool, and more weird and wonderful thingsThe sky is not the limit
The sky is not the limit
Football isso 12th Century. Thank God forRocket League, which took football and transformed it into flying rocket car daftness. The onward march of human progress didn’t stop there, however. Modders have since transformedRocket Leagueinto flight combat sims, obstacle courses, and Quidditch.
It’s all impressive, but I’m most enamoured with the work of pro player “Lethamyr”, who moonlights as a modder turning Rocket League into pinball, pool, beer pong and prop hunt.
Here’s YouTuber “SunlessKhan” getting a tour of nine mod maps from the man himself. I’ve skipped halfway through so you jump straight into the pinball, though the whole vid is worth a watch (despite Khan being far too keen on the word insane).
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Watch on YouTube
The concepts for each map are lovely, but my favourite parts are the jury-rigged controls. To make pool work you have to fly over to a separate table and drive into a cue ball occupying the position you want the real cue ball to appear in. People making games do things they’re not supposed to will always be wild. Especially Lethamyr’s pièce de résistance, his prop hunt castle.
There’s plenty more where that came from. Here’s SunlessKhan checking out a mod that elevates rocket cars into fighter jets, availablehere.
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Watch on YouTube
Khan’s also done some tamer but still neat experiments, likeadding curveballsanda Fifa-style camera. I like how he just needs to reach out to modders with ideas and they’re immediately all over it.
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Watch on YouTube
Let’s round things of with some Quidditch,courtesy of modder “glhglh”. At the moment it’s just a map with hoops, though there are plans to give the cars spells and different roles.
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Watch on YouTube
I’ve just scratched the surface.The Steam WorkshophasHide & Seek, aPortal map, andskate parks. What a time to be a car.
